Sharp County record., 1887-09-15

SHARP COUNTY RECORD
E.e. HENDERSON, Proprietor.
yENING SHADE. ARKANSAS
'ICS OF THE DAY.
m Everywhere.
ES, an American citizen
tied in Germany for desert
ing rom tue army in 1878.
News has reached Paris of movement
bv Frenchmen to establish a republic ID
South America, near Brazil.
IT is thought the number of human lives
lost bv the Exeter (England) theater nor
ror will reach nearly two hundred
No BLOOD was sneQ at tno DohJ
UreIand) meeting on the 4th, thanks 70
the good sense and moderation OF tne
Irish leaders.
THE Tory papers Of London severely
criticise the Philadelphia committee Ior
inviting Mr.. Gladstone to be present al 'ne
Constitutional centennial.
rHEATER horror occurred at Exeter,
England. on the night of tn tn, caused
bv a panic started by cry of fire. up.
wards of one hundred lives were lost, and
the building was destroyed.
IT is stated upon apparently good au'
thority that Admiral Luce will be re-
leased from the command of the North
Atlantic squadron and be made president
of the war college at Newport, K. l.
Ar meeting Of Catholic church dig
nitaries. at the residence of Cardinal Glib
hons in Baltimore, Md, on the 7th, it was
determined to at once build the proposed
Catholic university at Washington.
GENERAL ABsALoM BAIRD, U. s. A., and
Colonel H. C. Hasbrook, Commandant OF
Cadets at West Point, were among the
visitors to the military camp OF instruc'
ton at Aldershot, England, on the ID.
Mr.. BALLARD SMITH, city editor OF the
New York World, was among the Presl
dents guests last week at Oak View. MT
Smith spent several hours there on the
3D.. the President driving in with him in
the evening to the city.
CAPTAIN SELFRIDGE, U. s. N, has been
acquitted of the charge Of criminal neg
ligence in connection with target practlct
off the coast of Japan, by which several
natives were killed. for which he was sus
pended by Admiral Chandler
CHOLERA has appeared in Rome, where
five cases and two deaths were reported
on the 5th. At Palermo there were nin'
new cases and four deaths; at Trapan
twelve new cases and eight deaths, and a
Catania three new cases and one death.
THE Department of State has received
copies of recent contract made betWeeI
the Venezuelan Government and Cuenc'
Creus of Venezuela for the establishment
of telegraphic communication betWeel
Venezuela and the United States.
SCHEDULES in the assignment OF Henri,
s. Ives & Co. have been filed in the Ne'
York Court of Common Pleas. They show
Liabilities, ST., ,666, 1910; nominal assets
S25, 1854, ,26S37. Their equity amounts t
S40O, 900. Their assignment bond is TO
S250,0O0
THE Spanish authorities have discovers
the existence of well-organized and eS
tensive Anarchist plot, and have, in cor
sequence, made several arrests in Madrid
Salamanca and Cadiz of persons who's
connection with the conspiracy is beyon
question.
THE recent importations into Bosto
from Ireland Of five female spinners b
Ross, Turner & Co., manufacturers 9
twine, thread, ETC., has resulted in sui
by the United States against the firm TO
violation of the United States statute pro
hibiting the Importation of foreign labor.
THE differences which have existed be
tween the stevedors and the longshore
men at New Orleans, engaged in handling
cotton, eliminated on the 9th, in strik
of the latter, thus interrupting all bust
ness on the cotton landings. 1t is feared
that the teamsters and leaders will strike
A VICTORIA (B. C.) dispatch says th'
sealing schooner Pathfinder, arrived there
on the 4th, having on board 2,S77 sea
skins. During the time she was in Behr'
ing's sea, she only spoke one vessel, ant
did not learn of the seizure Of seal
ing schooners until she arrived at Vic
toria.
THE fire record for August shows total
loss in the United States and Canada Of
SS,317,5OO, against S1S,OOO,OOO in August,
1886. The average August losses for ten
years have been about $7,000,0O0. The
total losses for the first eight months Of
1887 are $S5, PAS, 600, against $40, 100000 for
the same period Of 1886.
ACTING POSTMASTER GENERAL STEVEN
BON has directed that the free delivery
service be established at the following
post-offices October 1: Iowa City, Ia. I;
Selema, Ala; Beatrice, Neb.; Ottawa
and Grand Island, Kas., and Tacoma, W.
I. On November the old Takoma post
office is to be discontinued.